India delivered a sharp rebuke to Pakistan at the United Nations General Assembly's Sixth Committee on 8 October 2026, declaring that Islamabad has lost control of the terrorism infrastructure it built — a monster, India said, that has now turned on its creator. India's statement called for decisive international action against state sponsors of terrorism.

India's Charge at the Sixth Committee

Raghoo Puri, First Secretary at India's Permanent Mission to the UN, said Pakistan had long presented itself as both a frontline combatant and a victim of terrorism while concealing its own role in nurturing militant networks. 'Pakistan has presented itself as a frontline state in combating terrorism and as a victim, while masking the fact that the Frankenstein's monster the Pakistani state has created and lost control over have moved from wreaking havoc in neighbouring countries to doing the same in Pakistan,' Puri said.

Puri was responding to remarks by Pakistan's Deputy Permanent Representative Usman Jadoon at the same forum. His intervention drew on admissions by Pakistani leaders themselves — though he did not name them explicitly — to undercut Islamabad's denials.

Pakistani Leaders' Own Words Used Against Islamabad

Maryam Nawaz, Chief Minister of Pakistan's Punjab Province, said last month in Lahore that the threat to Punjab — home to 130 million people — came 'less from my neighbouring countries and more from my neighbouring provinces.' She also stated earlier this month that 'terrorism has no classification,' and that anyone involved in terrorism is a terrorist regardless of their cause.

Puri also invoked a 2018 interview given by Nawaz Sharif, her father and former Prime Minister of Pakistan, to Dawn newspaper, in which Sharif acknowledged Pakistan's role in the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attacks. 'Militant organisations are active. Call them non-state actors; should we allow them to cross the border and kill 150 people in Mumbai?' Sharif had said in that interview. 'You cannot run with the hares and hunt with the hounds,' Puri warned. 'Reality never works like that.'

Operation Sindoor and Pakistan's Narrative

Puri dismissed Pakistan's claims of victory following Operation Sindoor — India's military strikes launched in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack — as delusional. 'If bombed-out airfields and cratered runways look like victory to Pakistan, they are, of course, welcome to enjoy it,' he said. He characterised the Pakistani representative's statements as part of a sustained campaign of 'disinformation and misinformation.'

When Pakistan exercised its right of reply a second time and repeated its arguments, Puri responded curtly: 'Pakistan believes in the circular economy of words and narratives.' He added that the effort spent on 'narrative building, misinformation, and disinformation' would have been better directed at actually countering terrorism. He also described Pakistan's government as a 'Form 47 government' — a pointed reference to allegations that its military manipulated electoral documents to install Shehbaz Sharif as prime minister.

Masood Azhar and the FATF Warning

Puri drew attention to what he called Pakistan's diversionary tactics, citing Islamabad's announcement raising the reward for the capture of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar from Pakistani ₹50 lakh to ₹70 lakh. 'When the media can reach Masood Azhar and get confirmation from him about the success of Operation Sindoor, surely the Pakistani state knows his whereabouts,' Puri said.

Azhar had reportedly lamented in a viral video that his family had been 'torn to pieces' during Operation Sindoor strikes on one of his camps in Bahawalpur. Puri noted that Pakistani representatives had previously described JeM as a 'defunct organisation' at the same UN forum — a claim the video appearance directly contradicted.

India also flagged Pakistan's financial ties to terrorism, noting the upcoming Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary meeting in Paris from 26 to 30 October. FATF monitors terrorism financing and has previously greylisted Pakistan for related lapses.

Pahalgam Attack and the Minorities Question

Addressing Pakistan's claims about India's treatment of minorities, Puri called it 'deeply ironic' that a country enabling cross-border terrorism would raise religious tolerance. 'The victims in Pahalgam were not asked about their political orientation; they were asked about their religion,' he said. The Pahalgam attack, carried out by Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy The Resistance Front, saw terrorists identify Hindu and Christian tourists through questioning before targeting them.

Puri also referenced the killing of 166 people in the 2008 Mumbai attacks and the discovery of Osama bin Laden in a compound near the Pakistan Military Academy in Abbottabad. 'The world has not forgotten 9/11, and where its perpetrators were caught. The world has not forgotten 26/11. The world has not forgotten Pahalgam,' he said. With the FATF plenary weeks away, India's intervention appears calibrated to keep Pakistan's terrorism record in the international spotlight.